where hides my sun and moon
hides crystals gaze of sorrow and regret.
half Gemini
one half of gallows pole;
my seeping flesh now drips it's fourteen days
from heaven to the darkness of the womb
where sings my twin his vengeance through my skull;
gods gift as gold as carcass in a stream;
the hidden gold of memories and screams;
too red my blood of engine oil and sulphur
as melts two sisters dumb as I now blind
dumb as perfume; brighter than the lie;
how cold the voice of water through my veins
as cities creep and crawl four fathoms deep
across the sea-beds feathers of contempt;
how beautiful the mermaids as they sleep;
beneath their sheets of turquoise
hides heaven from my hacking cough of torture;
their reaching arms of suicide
more touching than the flames that hide
this mask I wear of broken shades of grey;
where hides the sun and moon
hides strangers from the corners of my eyes
from the maggots of bereavement
from the cold and weary comfort of the thigh;
how beautifully the mermaids wave goodbye;
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Author:
Melvin James (Pseudonym) (
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- Category: Forgiveness
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- Users favorite of this poem: Teddy.15
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Comments1
From the mouth of poetry itself as it always is dear Melvin it's extraordinary I can never ever choose just one favourite line, your last stanza marvelous 💖 so wonderful to see you my friend.
you to Teddy. been a while hasn't it...too long. I do hope all is well there. and as always, a big thank you. good to see you as well;
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